GMAT Question of the Day from GMAT Club http://gmatclub.com/blog Receive 2 daily gmat questions every workday from GMAT Club - including super hard gmat club test questions. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:41:02 +0000 en hourly 1 GMAT-Question-of-the-dayhttp://feedburner.google.com GMAT Question of the Day (May 25): Word Problem and Sentence Correction http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GMAT-Question-of-the-day/~3/amVTcGnquSE/ http://gmatclub.com/blog/2012/05/gmat-question-of-the-day-may-25-word-problem-and-sentence-correction/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 09:00:56 +0000 akkane http://gmatclub.com/blog/?p=11553 Math (PS)

A 10 liter mixture of cranberry juice and water contains juice and water in the ratio of 3 : 2. 5 liters of the mixture are removed and replaced with pure juice and the operation is repeated once more. At the end of the two removals and replacements, what is the ratio of juice to water in the resulting mixture?

(A) 5 : 3
(B) 6 : 4
(C) 8 : 2
(D) 17 : 3
(E) 9 : 1

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Correct Answer - E - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

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Verbal (SC)

The distinctive hereditary tartans that are alleged to be worn since antiquity by members of the Highland clans were in fact designed by Scottish woolen manufacturers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

(A) that are alleged to be worn
(B) alleged to have been worn
(C) that are worn, it was alleged
(D) alleged as having been worn
(E) that are worn, allegedly

Question Discussion & Explanation
Correct Answer - B - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

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Which of the following integers is a divisor of (15!+13)?

(A) 15
(B) 14
(C) 13
(D) 7
(E) 2

Question Discussion & Explanation
Correct Answer - C - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

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Verbal (CR)

Business Consultant: Some corporations shun the use of executive titles because they fear that the use of titles indicating position in the corporation tends to inhibit communication up and down the corporate hierarchy. Since an executive who uses a title is treated with more respect by outsiders, however, use of a title can facilitate an executive’s dealings with external businesses. Clearly, corporations should adopt the compromise of encouraging their executives to use their corporate titles externally but not internally, since even if it is widely known that the corporation’s executives use titles outside their organization, this knowledge does not by itself inhibit communication within the corporation.

In the consultant’s reasoning, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

(A) The first describes a strategy that has been adopted to avoid a certain problem; the second presents a drawback to that strategy.
(B) The first describes a strategy that has been adopted to avoid a certain problem; the second is a consideration raised to call into question the effectiveness of that strategy as a means of achieving that goal.
(C) The first describes a strategy that has been adopted to avoid a certain problem; the second is a consideration the consultant raises in questioning the significance of that problem.
(D) The first is part of an explanation that the consultant offers for a certain phenomenon; the second is that phenomenon.
(E) The first describes a policy for which the consultant seeks to provide a justification; the second is a consideration the consultant raises as part of that.

Question Discussion & Explanation
Correct Answer - A - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

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a , b , and c are integers. Is abc = 0 ?

1. a^2 = 2a
2. \frac{b}{c} = \frac{(a+b)^2}{a^2+2ab+b^2} - 1 ( a \ne -b and c \ne 0 )

Question Discussion & Explanation
Correct Answer - B - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

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Verbal (CR)

A light bulb company produces 2,000 light bulbs per week. The manager wants to ensure that standards of quality remain constant from week to week. The manager, therefore, suggests that the company reject 500 of the 2,000 light bulbs it produces each week.

Of the following, the best criticism of the manager’s plan is that the plan assumes that

(A) light bulb manufacturers cannot market every light bulb that they produce
(B) the overall quality of the light bulbs would not be improved if the total number of light bulbs produced were reduced
(C) each light bulb that is reviewed is worthy of being reviewed
(D) it is difficult to judge the quality of a light bulb
(E) the 1,500 light bulbs that are accepted will be of the same quality from week to week

Question Discussion & Explanation
Correct Answer - E - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

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The average of 4 different positive integers is 125 and the largest of these integers is 150, what is the least possible value of the smallest of the 4 integers?

(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 12
(D) 53
(E) 100

Question Discussion & Explanation
Correct Answer - D - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

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Verbal (SC)

Art museums do not usually think of their collections as capital or consider the interest income that would be generated if a portion of the capital would have been invested in another form.

(A) be generated if a portion of the capital would have been
(B) have been generated if a portion of the capital would have been
(C) be generated if a portion of the capital were
(D) be generated if a portion of the capital was
(E) be generated if a portion of the capital had been

Question Discussion & Explanation
Correct Answer - C - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

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Is G < K ?

1. G>K^2
2. G and K are positive integers

Question Discussion & Explanation
Correct Answer - C - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

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Verbal (SC)

It may someday be worthwhile to try to recover uranium from seawater, but at present this process is prohibitively expensive.

(A) lt may someday be worthwhile to try to recover uranium from seawater
(B) Someday, it may be worthwhile to try and recover uranium from seawater
(C) Trying to recover uranium out of seawater may someday be worthwhile
(D) To try for the recovery of uranium out of seawater may someday be worthwhile
(E) Recovering uranium from seawater may be worthwhile to try to do someday

Question Discussion & Explanation
Correct Answer - A - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

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This year, the sum of ages of the Perkins family members is 78. Currently, there are 4 members: husband, wife, daughter, and son. The husband is 4 years older than the wife. The daughter is two years older than the son. If the husband is 7 times older than the son, how old is the daughter?

(A) 5
(B) 7
(C) 10
(D) 13
(E) 14

Question Discussion & Explanation
Correct Answer - B - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

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Verbal (SC)

Based on the writings of various long-dead pilgrims, textbook authors have painted a questionable portrait of the lifestyles of the Native American tribes that existed in America during the early colonization period.

(A) Based on the writings of various long-dead pilgrims
(B) Basing it on long-dead pilgrims’ writings
(C) With writings of long-dead pilgrims used for a basis
(D) By the writings of long-dead pilgrims they used
(E) Using writings of long-dead pilgrims

Question Discussion & Explanation
Correct Answer - E - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

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If x is a positive integer, is y^2(x^3-x+1)>75?

1. y>1
2. (x-1)^2=16

Question Discussion & Explanation
Correct Answer - C - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

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Verbal (CR)

Passengers must exit airplanes swiftly after accidents, since gases released following accidents are toxic to humans and often explode soon after being released. In order to prevent passenger deaths from gas inhalation, safety officials recommend that passengers be provided with smoke hoods that prevent inhalation of the gases.

Which of the following, if true, constitutes the strongest reason to require implementation of the safety officials’ recommendation?

(A) Test evacuations showed that putting on the smoke hoods added considerably to the overall time it took passengers to leave the cabin.
(B) Some airlines are willing to buy the smoke hoods even though they consider them to be prohibitively expensive.
(C) Although the smoke hoods protect passengers from the toxic gases, they can do nothing to prevent the gases from igniting.
(D) Some experienced flyers fail to pay attention to the safety instructions given on every commercial flight before takeoff.
(E) In many airplane accidents, passengers who were able to reach emergency exits were overcome by toxic gases before they could exit the airplane.

Question Discussion & Explanation
Correct Answer - E - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

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What is the value of p^3 - q^3 ?

1. p - q = 0
2. p + q = 0

Question Discussion & Explanation
Correct Answer - A - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

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Verbal (CR)

Excavation of the ancient city of Kourion on the island of Cyprus revealed a pattern of debris and collapsed buildings typical of towns devastated by earthquakes. Archaeologists have hypothesized that the destruction was due to a major earthquake known to have occurred near the island in A.D. 365.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the archaeologists’ hypothesis?

(A) Bronze ceremonial drinking vessels that are often found in graves dating from years preceding and following A.D. 365 were also found in several graves near Kourion.
(B) No coins minted after A.D. 365 were found in Kourion, but coins minted before that year were found in abundance.
(C) Most modern histories of Cyprus mention that an earthquake occurred near the island in A.D. 365.
(D) Several small statues carved in styles current in Cyprus in the century between A.D. 300 and 400 were found in Kourion.
(E) Stone inscriptions in a form of the Greek alphabet that was definitely used in Cyrpus after A.D. 365 were found in Kourion.

Question Discussion & Explanation
Correct Answer - B - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

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Between 12:24 and 14:36 the hour hand of the clock turns by

(A) 60 degrees
(B) 66 degrees
(C) 72 degrees
(D) 74 degrees
(E) 76 degrees

Question Discussion & Explanation
Correct Answer - B - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

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Verbal (SC)

Just like Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States, so Parliament is the legislative body of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

(A) Just like Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States, so
(B) As Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States,
(C) As Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States, in the same way
(D) Just as Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States, so
(E) Just as the Federal government of the United States’s legislative branch is Congress,

Question Discussion & Explanation
Correct Answer - D - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

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Point (1, 0) is closest to which of the following lines?

(A) y = x
(B) y = 1
(C) y + x = 3
(D) x = 2
(E) x + y = -1

Question Discussion & Explanation
Correct Answer - A - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

 

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Verbal (SC)
Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone.

(A) on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone
(B) on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone
(C) solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided
(D) while the duplication of facilities should be avoided
(E) if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided

Question Discussion & Explanation
Correct Answer - E - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

 

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